Folding stool for sewing-machines, pianos, or organs.



Patented Apr. I6, 'IQOL/ No. 672,l|0.

E. c. TALBOTT.

FOLDING STOOL FUR SEWING MACHINES, PIANUS, 0R OBGANS.

(Application filed on. 4 1900.

(No Model.)

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PATENT EUGENE C. TALBOTT, OF SILOAM SPRINGS, ARKANSAS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 672,1 10, dated. April 16, 1901.

Application filed October 4, 1900. Serial No. 31.980. (No model.)

To all whom it Hung concern.

Be it known that 1, EUGENE G. TALBOTT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Siloam Springs, in the county of Benton and State of Arkansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Folding Stools for Sewing-Machines, Pianos, or Organs; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art .to which it apipertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to folding stools for sewing-machines, pianos, and organs.

The object of the invention is to provide a stool which when not in use may be folded up under the table of a sewing-machine when used in connection with sewing-machines, or under the keyboard of a piano or organ when attached to either one of these instruments, and be entirely out of the way.

With this object in View the invention consists in certain features of construction and combination of parts, which will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, in which I have illustrated my invention applied to a sewing-machine,Figurelisaperspective view showing the s'toolin use, and Fig. 2 is a front view showing it folde d up under the table of the sewing-machine.

Referring to the drawings, 1 denotes the.

frame of "a sewing-machine, and 2 denotes a clamp, which consists of two bars 3 and 4:, bolted to one of the side pieces of the sewingmachine frame, the inner bar having bolted thereto brackets 5.

6 and 7 denote, respectively, the inner and outer swinging arms, the former of which is hinged to the brackets '5 and to the arm 7 at the point 8, while the arm 7 is connected to a screwthreaded socket 9, which receives a screwthreaded stem 10 of the seat 11. The socket 9 is provided with a standard 12, the lower end of which is situated a few inches above the floor.

13 denotes legs, the upper ends of which are pivoted to a collar 14, held-in vertical'adjust ment on the standard 12 by a set-screw 15. Links 16 are pivoted to the legs intermediate their-ends and to the lower end of the standard.

In Fig. 1 the device is shown in position for use, the hinged arm 6 extending parallel with the side of one of the side pieces of the frame, and the hinged arm 7 arranged at right angles to the hinged arm 6, thus bringing the stool out from underthe sewing-machine table and in central location with respect to the same.

In Fig. 2 the stool is shown swungin under the table of the sewingmachine. Before swinging it in, the set-screw 15 is loosened, thus permitting the collar 14 to be raised upward, which movement draws the legs together and raises their lower ends from engagement with the door. In this position the set-screw is tightened against the standard 12 to hold the legs in their elevated postion, thus permitting the stool to be swung in under the table without injury to the carpet.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction, operation, and advantages of my invention will be readily understood without requiring an extended explanation. The device is exceedingly useful for the purpose for which it is designed and may be placed upon the market at a comparatively small cost.

Various changesin the form, proportion,and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a folding stool for sewing-machines, pianos and organs and the like, in which pedals or treadles are employed, the combination,

with a bracket consisting of two parts hinged together, one part having a hinged connection with the frame'with which it is adapted to be used, and a seat connected to the other part and provided with vertically-adj ustable legs, which, when the seat is moved to a position for use will support said seat and Will remove the strain from said bracket, and which may be adjusted vertically to elevate them to permit of the seat being swung underthe frame and the legs occupy a position above the pedal or treadle thereof.

2. In a folding stool for sewing-machines, pianos and organs and the like, in which pedalsor tr'eadles are employed, the combination of a clamp formed of opposing bars adapted to be applied to the side piece of the machine- I the legs to occupy a position above the pedal frame, a bracket consisting of two parts or treadle thereof. hinged together, one part being hinged to the In testimony whereof I have hereunto set clamp, and a seat connected to the other part my hand in presence of two subscribing wit- 5 and provided with vertically-adjustable legs, nesses.

which, when the seat is moved to a position i for use, will support said seat and remove the EUGENE TALIO 1 strain from said bracket, and which may be \rVitnessesz' adjusted vertically to elevate them to permit R. J. ALFREY,

10 of the seat being swung lnder the frame and ALEX G. BLACK. 

